®Planning appeal decision
89 Lewin Road, Lambeth, SW16 6JX
Planning appeal 3290041 at 89 Lewin Road, Lambeth, SW16 6JX (London Borough of Lambeth) was dismissed on 9 June 2023 by Inspector Walker A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the matters stated in the enforcement notice have in fact occurred (ground b).
without planning permission, the erection of a single storey ground floor L-shaped wrap around extension to the rear of the premises (‘the unauthorised single storey rear wrap-around extension’), and the conversion of the premises into five self-contained flats on the ground floor, one self-contained flat on the second floor (‘the six unauthorised flats’); and the use of the first floor as an HMO consisting of 4 bedrooms with a shared kitchen and bathroom (‘the unauthorised HMO use’)
- Authority
- London Borough of Lambeth
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Walker A
- Postcode
- SW16 6JX
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the matters stated in the enforcement notice have in fact occurred (ground b)
- Whether the matters stated in the notice constitute a breach of planning control (ground c)
- Whether the requirements of the notice exceed what is necessary to achieve its purpose (ground f)
- Whether the compliance period is reasonable (ground g)
What decided it
The appellant failed to discharge the burden of proof on the balance of probabilities to demonstrate either that the breaches had not occurred or that they did not constitute breaches of planning control, and provided no substantive evidence to support his assertions.
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